Gearsets interchangable? awd to fwd?

[v8s_are_slow]

My car is currently a 98 GS-T and the tranny grinds pretty good. Picked up another fwd tranny last night but was told it grinds as well. I have a 95 awd tranny that I plan to use for an awd conversion but until I can get it done, I was thinking of pulling the gears out of the awd tranny to put into the fwd. Question is, can I pull just the gear set to throw into the fwd so that I don't have a grinding tranny? I only have about 2 weeks to make a decision on what to do. Thanks.

 

[JackM]

Nope, the FWD 1-4 gears are a totally different animal and can't be swapped into the others case.

Jack

 

[v8s_are_slow]

Well that blows. Thanks for the info though so I don't go wasting my time on it.

 

[v8s_are_slow]

I tried it cause they "look" close. But won't work. Thanks for the info though.

 

[jdodds]

I tried it cause they "look" close. But won't work. Thanks for the info though.

If theres ever a question about what part is compatible with what model/year, download caps and look up the part numbers for each model/year. Thats the quickest way to get a response on these kinds of things.

 

[nuclearr]

Put a VCE (viscus coupling eliminator) in the awd trany until you can complete the awd swap that is what I am going to do to get my spyder on the road.

EDIT: Also have you check your shifter bushings to make sure they are not the cause of your grinding?

 

[v8s_are_slow]

If theres ever a question about what part is compatible with what model/year, download caps and look up the part numbers for each model/year. Thats the quickest way to get a response on these kinds of things.

Link to "caps" that you're talking about???

Put a VCE (viscus coupling eliminator) in the awd trany until you can complete the awd swap that is what I am going to do to get my spyder on the road.

EDIT: Also have you check your shifter bushings to make sure they are not the cause of your grinding?

That's the plan but for now, just have to get by on the fwd tranny until I'm ready to do the awd conversion. Just had to tear down and rebuild my fwd tranny a few days ago cause it was crap. It's shifting better than it ever has now though since I've owned this car. Just gonna be easy on the shifting until I can get the Shep stage 4 tranny I plan to buy.

 

[jdodds]

Link to "caps" that you're talking about???

Stealth 316 - WINCAPS Installation

Basically this is the same program the dealership uses to look up parts for you. Pretty easy to use and convenient as hell.

 

[v8s_are_slow]

Thanks. That's one link to add to the favorites file.

 

[98gst14b]

Sorry to bring a thread back from the dead but has anyone tried this? Why wont it work? The only Thing you are changing as far as the gears go is the casing around them and the output, i would say as long as the intermediate meshes with the center diff instead of the output shaft it would work... I noticed they trade off the thickness of the output gear with the 4th gear idler on the intermediate shaft. That being said you are therefor making your output weaker by using a skinnier gear.

 

[pauleyman]

The only Thing you are changing

Incorrect. Shafts, gears etc. All different.

 

[98gst14b]

But you are keeping all the gears together, forks too.